The APG Advantage

Aberdeen Proving Ground is Harford County’s largest employer with more than 16,000 civilian, military and contractor employees. Workers at APG are responsible for numerous technical achievements in military intelligence, medical research, engineering, and computer technology. APG contributes more than $400 million in payroll and $500 million in contracts annually. A $1 billion research and development resource, and a key player in the nation’s homeland defense and international counter-terrorism efforts, APG is an economic and technology resource for the region.

About APG's Resident Organizations

APG is host to a wide assortment of organizations that span the entire spectrum of research, development, and engineering of Soldier technology, from the lab bench to the field and beyond.

Click on an organization's logo below to learn more about its role in enabling our Soldiers. A complete listing of major commands and subordinate units located at APG is found in Tenant Activities.

Benefits of an APG Career

Scientific creativity and federal employment go hand-in-hand.

A government research position offers stability not always found in the corporate world and fosters researchers' abilities to try new ideas. Among the many benefits of federal employment, researchers enjoy the ability to actually choose the direction of their research and are rewarded for creativity.

At APG, developing technologies that keep the U.S. Army the best fighting force in the world is the bottom line, and we support our scientists with the flexibility they need to attack unique challenges.

Continuing education is a key benefit APG offers to its researchers. Whether it's a bachelor's, master's or doctorate you seek, APG can be your avenue to achieve it. Multiple opportunities exist for paid tuition and laboratory time made available to accomplish your goals.

In addition to unparalleled research and education advantages, the federal government offers unequaled entry, mid and long-term career benefits packages that include:

Paid holidays

Comprehensive health insurance

Vacation and sick days

Training and education

Flexible work schedules

Cost-of-living increases

Pay for performance increases

Thrift Savings Plan (comparable to 401K)

Life insurance

Retirement benefits

Merit promotion system

Pathways Internship Program

The Pathways Programs offer clear paths to Federal internships for students from high school through post-graduate school and to careers for recent graduates, and provide meaningful training and career development opportunities for individuals who are at the beginning of their Federal service. As a student or recent graduate, you can begin your career in the Federal government by choosing the path that best describes you and where you are in your academics:

Internship Program: This program is for current students enrolled in a wide variety of educational institutions from high school to graduate level, with paid opportunities to work in agencies and explore Federal careers while still in school. Additional information about the Internship Program.

Recent Graduates Program: This program is for individuals who have recently graduated from qualifying educational institutions or programs and seek a dynamic, career development program with training and mentorship. To be eligible, applicants must apply within two years of degree or certificate completion (except for veterans precluded from doing so due to their military service obligation, who will have up to six years to apply). Additional information about the Recent Graduates Program.

Presidential Management Fellows Program: For more than three decades, the PMF Program has been the Federal government’s premier leadership development program for advanced degree candidates. This program is now for individuals who have received a qualifying advanced degree within the preceding two years. For complete program information, visit: www.pmf.gov.

Fellowship Programs

There are many opportunities for scholarships both internally to the Department of Defense (Army) as well as externally. Below is a brief description of how to research these opportunities through the Army and through general listing public fellowship programs.

Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP): The United States Army has long recognized that a scientifically and technologically literate citizenry is our nation’s best hope for a secure, rewarding, and successful future. Through AEOP, the Army continues its long tradition and strong commitment to the advancement of STEM education and literacy. Leveraging its most valuable assets – world-class scientists and engineers and research facilities – AEOP offers our nation’s youth and teachers a collaborative, cohesive portfolio of opportunities that effectively engage future workforce generations in meaningful, real-world STEM experiences, competitions and paid internships. From elementary school through graduate school, students of all proficiency levels, interests, social and economic backgrounds are encouraged to participate in real-world STEM experiences while also engaging with Army-sponsored mentors. http://www.usaeop.com/programs/

General External Information Regarding Scholarships and Loans: Informational sites for the many Scholarships, Grants, Fellowships, and Loans that may be available to finance your college education. These sites have no direct affiliation with the Army or it endorsement. This information is provided for the general benefit of the public.

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U.S. Army Evaluation Center (AEC)

In partnership with ATEC Test Centers and Operational Test Command is to plan and conduct independent, integrated evaluations to determine and report the effectiveness, suitability and survivability of assigned systems.

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (MRICD)

The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) is the nation's leading science and technology laboratory in the area of medical chemical countermeasures research and development. With sophisticated laboratories located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USAMRICD manages a diversified portfolio of medical chemical warfare agent research projects for the Department of Defense and other Federal Agencies.

Our strategic plan relies on the continued outstanding performance of our scientists and support personnel and their abilities to exceed expectations on customer directed research projects.

U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity (AMSAA)

The US Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity, known as AMSAA, is an Army Materiel Command organization that conducts a variety of critical analyses to provide state-of-the-art analytical solutions to senior level Army and Department of Defense officials. AMSAA's responsive systems analysis supports the "Equipping" and "Sustaining" of weapons and materiel for our Soldiers in the field as well as our Future Army Force. Systems analysis is a multidisciplinary function that utilizes operations research, mathematical and computer modeling, and statistical techniques to solve complex, multivariate problems. AMSAA has integrated systems analysis with engineering analysis, the physical sciences, and military science to create unique capabilities tailored to meet Army materiel analysis requirements. AMSAA develops and applies these problem solving tools and methodologies to Army materiel and logistics systems to predict performance, analyze effectiveness, identify shortfalls, compare alternatives, and recommend potential courses of action to the appropriate decision-maker.

U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL)

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory, or ARL, is the Army's corporate basic and applied research laboratory. The laboratory's mission is to provide innovative science, technology and analysis to enable full-spectrum operations. The Army relies on the team for scientific discoveries, technological advances and analyses to provide Soldiers with capabilities to succeed on the battlefield. ARL's program consists of basic and applied research and survivability/lethality and human factors analysis. ARL also applies the extensive research and analysis tools developed in its direct mission program to support ongoing development and acquisition programs in the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command, Program Executive Offices/Program Manager Offices, and industry.

U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM)

CECOM is the Army's "Critical Link" for life cycle support of communications-electronics systems and equipment used by the joint Warfighter. CECOM's impact to the Army and joint Warfighter mission is centered on 8 major functions including:

The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the Army's information technologies and integrated systems center. The center's mission is to develop and integrate Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, known as C4ISR, technologies that enable information dominance and decisive lethality for the networked Soldier. State-of-the-art equipment such as night vision goggles, satellite technology providing friendly and enemy target recognition, and enhanced audio and visual wireless, were all developed at CERDEC to enhance Soldier capabilities in the field.

Challenging Careers

Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC)

The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, or ECBC, located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the nation's principal research and development center for non-medical chemical and biological defense. The center develops technology in the areas of detection, protection, and decontamination and provides support over the entire lifecycle -- from basic research through technology development, engineering design, equipment evaluation, product support, sustainment, field operations and disposal -- ECBC develops technologies such as protective masks and respiratory systems; biological agent detectors and warning devices; and decontamination systems to protect both Soldiers on the battlefield and civilians here at home.

Challenging Careers

Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD)

The Joint Program Executive Office is the Joint Services single focal point for research, development, acquisition, fielding and life-cycle support of chemical and biological defense equipment and medical countermeasures. Within the Joint Program Executive Office, seven Joint Project Managers lead, manage and direct the acquisition and fielding of chemical and biological detection and reconnaissance systems, individual and collective protection systems, decontamination systems, information management systems, medical devices, drugs and vaccines, installation and force protection systems, and elimination.

U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM)

The U.S. Army's Research, Development & Engineering Command (RDECOM) provides the Army with an organic research and development capability. Whether providing technology solutions to meet current operational needs or developing break-through technologies for the next generation, RDECOM stands at the forefront of what the Soldier eats, wears, fires, flies or drives.

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Section 508 Accessibility Initiative

In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act and strengthened provisions covering access to information in the Federal sector for people with disabilities. As amended, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires access to the Federal government's electronic and information technology. The law applies to all Federal agencies when they develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology. Federal agencies must ensure that this technology is accessible to employees and the public.

If you find a problem that prevents access, please contact us by sending an e-mail to the Public Affairs Office.

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This APG Website is provided as a public service by the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Installation Management Command and the Department of Defense..

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Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with National Archives and Records Administration guidelines.

Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act.

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APG may also incorporate content from social media websites (such as YouTube videos or Twitter feeds) to provide a richer experience for our visitors.

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